The east end was also protected by a snowshed which was destroyed by a fire.
All that
remains are the concrete footings on each side of the roadbed

The following photos were taken on July 29, 1995 at Martin
(east portal) during our
second ride through the tunnel

To reach the tunnel from the East side we followed the maintenance road
alongside the tracks from Easton. The tunnel is about 9 miles from Easton.

There was a drilling crew working inside the
tunnel. They were drilling into the walls and ceiling, At first we thought
we wouldn't be able to ride all the way through. One of the workers had
just came out of the tunnel, he said we could probably pass on either side
of the truck in the tunnel.

This is the worker we talked to about riding through, he is going back
into the tunnel.

Once inside the tunnel we rode down the tracks between the rails.
When we encountered the drilling crew and their truck, we moved our bikes to the
outside of the rail and passed the truck, then continued between the rails. The ride
was fairly rough near the each end of the tunnel, but smoothed out once we were about a
hundred yards inside. Keeping our speed up around 25 mph also helped to smooth out the
roughness.